Several melamine-contaminated foods found in recent weeks in the United States had far more of the chemical.

Melamine levels in imported Chinese candies recalled last week in California, for instance, were as high as 520 parts per million. White Rabbit candies from China were recalled after authorities in California and Connecticut found melamine. And Friday, a New Jersey company announced that it was recalling a yogurt-type drink from China — Blue Cat Flavor Drink — after FDA testing found melamine.

[…]But Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), head of a House subcommittee that oversees FDA funding, criticized the agency for saying there could be safe levels of melamine in foods.

“While other countries throughout the world, including the European Union, are acting to ban melamine-contaminated products from China, the FDA has chosen to establish an acceptable level for melamine in food in an attempt to convince consumers that it is not harmful,” DeLauro said in a statement. “Not only is this is an insult to consumers, but it would appear that the FDA is condoning the intentional contamination of foods.”

In Taiwan, mounted frustrations over the melamine controversy are still high. BBC reports (with video) on a parliament scuffle:

Taiwan’s health minister has been admitted to hospital after being allegedly attacked by opposition MPs over the tainted Chinese milk scandal.

Yeh Ching-chuan was pushed around and grabbed by the neck as he tried to leave parliament, according to governing party lawmakers.